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* Carl Cox shows us how it's done* Live Earth fun and games* Charts: Rihanna is STILL number one-----------------------------------------------------

>> Stone the crows << Celebrity climate change confusion

Joss Stone performed at Live Earth Johannesburg. While she stopped to do some interviews for about 20 minutes, someone in her entourage instructed her driver (a Mercedes bio diesel limo) to keep the engine running so the car interior stayed warm for the star.

FYI Johannesburg headliners UB40 announced a trackwith, "Nice to see you all singing, we've got analbum out at the moment, this is a track from it."(So not just for the polar bears, then.)

-----------------------------------------------------London's hottest playgroup is in Battersea.Mark Owen regularly attends, with child, andhappily accompanies the kids on a tambourine.-----------------------------------------------------

He may be a bit of a wizard on the green baize but which snooker star lost his passport this week in Hong Kong's bar district... on a night out with a hooker?

Which Brit rap lothario keeps a shagpad in Wimbledon secret from both wife and girlfriend? When he's not ensconced his married friends can enjoy its charms.

-----------------------------------------------------Slang for gay in China is "to be fond of theleftover peach" or a "sleeve-cutter".-----------------------------------------------------

>> Not the new Banksy << Jack Penate makes new fans

wee minger writes: "XL artist Jack Penate was rather cocky when confronting management at Glasgow's Sub Club last Sunday, after liberally applying his 'tag' to many flat surfaces in the club. However, he was lot less cocky afterwards, when he had to stump up a couple of hundred quid and grovel to the club for his bag, which he had inadvertently left behind."

Radio One's head of music has been telling record label A&Rs to consult him before signing any bands... because what would be the point without knowing if you were going to get any airplay on One.

And they say the music industry is in crisis...

-----------------------------------------------------Bono and The Edge are doing research for theirupcoming Spiderman: The Musical by going to Broadwayshows such as Xanadu and Spring Awakening.-----------------------------------------------------

>> Deerly beloved << How to be really sneaky

Deer farmers breed their does with an Alpha male deer to get the best possible breeding results. But to sure all the does get pregnant they also let a young male deer hang around, to catch any the top deer misses. The technical term for this role, even in the deer management text books? "The sneaky fucker".

-----------------------------------------------------Journey's brilliant Don't Stop Believing has hitnumber one in Ireland, thanks to an appearanceon the final episode of The Sopranos.-----------------------------------------------------

>> Food for thought << Don't touch John McClane's dinner

Bruce Willis' regular chat-up line is "You smell nice! I'm Bruce Willis. Do you want to go to dinner with me?"

However, dinner can be a fraught time for Bruce. He has a morbid fear of anyone touching his food.

-----------------------------------------------------Poor Oliver Stone recently dumped a girlfriendwhen he caught her sniggering with her friendsabout his hair plugs.-----------------------------------------------------

>> Man in black << Graham Poll reinvented

Controversial referee Graham Poll is making a nice living as an after-dinner speaker. He introduces himself by saying "Good evening. I'm the complete tosser who gave out three yellow cards in the World Cup."

It's easy to be scornful of Poll, but he did only made 60 grand a year for taking that abuse - about the same as Andrei Shevchenko gets every three days. And he's confessed the real reason he decided to quit early was when his thirteen year-old daughter started getting death threats.

-----------------------------------------------------Nick Cave spotted running for a bus on the Kings Rd.He "runs like a girl".-----------------------------------------------------

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